Sponsored or Organized by CMA:
CMA Committee Meeting
Location: Back Bay C, Sheraton Boston Hotel
Date & Time: Sunday, Aug 19 7:30 AM
Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes
ENVR: Emerging Challenges in the Era of Drinking Water Insecurity & Inequality & the Search for Low-Cost Solutions
Location: Room 162A, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Organizers: Patrick Gordon, Adrienne Katner, Jerry Sarquis
Date & Time: Monday, Aug 20 8:00 AM
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Nominal Cosponsor: CMA
CMA Luncheon (ticketed event)
Location: Constitution B, Sheraton Boston Hotel
Date & Time: Monday, Aug 20 11:30 AM
Duration: 2 hours
Featured Speaker: Rene Horton, Ph.D, Space Launch System (SLS) Lead Metallic/Weld Engineer in the NASA Residential Management Office at Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans
ENVR: Emerging Challenges in the Era of Drinking Water Insecurity & Inequality & the Search for Low-Cost Solutions
Organizers: Patrick Gordon, Adrienne Katner, Jerry Sarquis
Location: Exhibit Hall B2/C, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Date & Time: Wednesday, Aug 22 6:00 PM
Duration: 2 hours
CMA is Co-sponsoring these Events:
PROF: Importance of LGBTQ+ Role Models & Mentors in Chemical Sciences: A Symposium in honor of Barbara Belmont
Location: Mann 1/2, Aloft Boston Seaport
Date & Time: Sunday, Aug 19 1:30 PM
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
Cooperative Cosponsor: PRES
Nominal Cosponsors: CMA, WCC
PRES: Growing with Project SEED: 50 years and 10,000+ Students
Location: Back Bay D, Sheraton Boston Hotel
Date & Time: Monday, Aug 20 8:30 AM
Duration: 3 hours
Nominal Cosponsors: AGFD, AGRO, ANYL, BIOL, BMGT, CA, CARB, CCS, CHED, CINF, CMA, COLL, CPT, CTA, CWD, ENFL, ENVR, HIST, I&EC, IAC, LSAC, ORGN, PROF, SCHB, SOCED, WCC, YCC
Financial Cosponsor: ACS Project SEED; ACS Publications Division; Chemical Abstracts Service
Other Activities, Events, Presentation of Interest to the Diversity and Inclusion Community:
Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Board Meeting
Location: Beacon E, Sheraton Boston Hotel
Date & Time: Friday, Aug 17 8:00 AM
Duration: 8 hours
Project SEED Open Meeting
Location: Public Garden, Sheraton Boston Hotel
Date & Time: Sunday, Aug 19 8:00 AM
Duration: 1 hour
PROF: Women of Color in the Academy: Empirical Studies & Models of Success
Location: Mann 1/2, Aloft Boston Seaport
Date & Time: Sunday, Aug 19 8:30 AM
Duration: 4 hours 10 minutes
Organizers: Gloria Thomas, Linette Watkins, Zakiya Wilson, Leyte Winfield
Presiders: Zakiya Wilson, Gloria Thomas
Nominal Cosponsors: CHED, WCC
ACS Diversity Reception
Location: Back Bay B, Sheraton Boston Hotel
Date & Time: Sunday, Aug 19 5:00 PM
Duration: 2 hours
Women Chemists of Color Networking
Location: Commonwealth, Sheraton Boston Hotel
Date & Time: Monday, Aug 20 9:30 AM
Duration: 2 hours
PROF: Broadening Participation in STEM: Empirical Studies & Models of Success
Location: Mann 1, Aloft Boston Seaport
Date & Time: Tuesday, Aug 21 8:00 AM
Duration: 4 hours
Nominal Cosponsors: CHED, MAC, WCC
PROF: Broadening Participation in STEM: Empirical Studies & Models of Success
Location: Mann 1, Aloft Boston Seaport
Date & Time: Tuesday, Aug 21 1:00 PM
Duration: 3 hours 40 minutes
Nominal Cosponsors: CHED, MAC, WCC
PROF: Exploring the “Nano”: Leveraging Unique Abilities
Location: NE Lobby A – Level 1, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Date & Time: Wednesday, Aug 22 1:00 PM
Duration: 2 hours 50 minutes
Presentations by CMA members:
Dawood Afzal: ANYL 184 poster: Cellulose nano-composites nanostructure characterized by terahertz reconstructive imaging and spectroscopy
Dawwod Afzal: ANYL 185 poster: Chemically modified cellulose nano-composites for strong UV reflection and hydrophobicity
Kishore Bagga: CHED 116 talk: Hands-on preparation of aromatic Indian dishes as a way to discuss chemistry and then eat the products
Shanadeen Begay: COMP 393 sci-mix poster: Computational studies of the role of distal residues in human phosphoglucose isomerase catalysis
Barbara Belmont: PROF 14 talk: Surpassing advocacy: Gaining momentum through mentoring the LGBTQ+ STEM community
Benny Chan: CHED 247 undergrad poster: Nickel and ruthenium complexes of primary amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligands
Benny Chan: INOR 679 poster: Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of nickel complexes of primary amido-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene ligands
Patrick Gordon: CHED 52 poster: Exploring exponential decay using limited resources
Patrick Gordon: Co-Organizer ENVR: Emerging Challenges in the Era of Drinking Water Insecurity & Inequality & the Search for Low-Cost Solutions
Christopher Hobbs: CHED 338 undergrad poster: Thio-bromo click chemistry as a tool for the preparation of ROMP-based degradable gels
Christopher Hobbs: CHED 339 undergrad poster: Post-polymerization click reactions facilitated by mechanochemistry
Mary Jo Ondrechen: COMP 356 poster: Computational prediction and functional annotation of enzymes in the haloacid dehalogenase superfamily
Mary Jo Ondrechen: COMP 369 poster: Identifying catalytic features of enzymes to enhance or alter their function
Mary Jo Ondrechen: COMP 375 poster: Characterization of cellulose digesting proteins found in shipworm symbionts
Mary Jo Ondrechen: COMP 381 poster: Cyclic disulfide compounds stabilize SOD1 dimers
Mary Jo Ondrechen: COMP 393 poster: Computational studies of the role of distal residues in human phosphoglucose isomerase catalysis
Mary Jo Ondrechen: TOXI 59 poster: Determining the basis of E. coli DinB and human pol kappa DNA damage specificity
R. Lee Penn: COLL 86 talk: Characterizing formation, growth, dissolution, and transformation of nanocrystals in suspensions
R. Lee Penn: GEOC 41 talk: Iron oxides in reactive systems: Growth, dissolution, and beyond
Jerry Sarquis: Co-Organizer ENVR: Emerging Challenges in the Era of Drinking Water Insecurity & Inequality & the Search for Low-Cost Solutions
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